This is my personal skincare motto, and I mean it in the most literal sense. If something is toxic for my belly, I’m not about to rub it all over the biggest organ of my body (the skin)! So when it comes to skincare I head to the kitchen.

The star ingredient is turmeric, which has long been praised as a beautifying herb in ayurveda. Because turmeric has natural anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties it’s an all-around anti-aging tonic for the skin. It helps to soothe acne and promote healing, and even lightens acne scars and hyper-pigmentation.

I do this facial at home about once a week, for general skin-love, and whenever I feel a pimple coming on.

Its effects never cease to amaze me. This facial banishes impending blemishes as it nourishes and hydrates.

Use a mix of tomato juice and sugar. Slice a small ripe tomato in half, and using your hand, squeeze the juice into a bowl. (Save the skin to rub over ashy elbows.) Mix 1/2 teaspoon organic granulated sugar with the tomato juice.

For dry or normal skin:

Use oatmeal and milk. Add organic milk little by little to one teaspoon ground oats or oat flour until the oats are well-moistened.

For oily skin:

Use rice flour and water. Mix one teaspoon rice flour with a little bit of water until the rice is well-moistened. Spend a minute or two gently massaging the exfoliant over your face and neck in upward strokes and circles. Rinse with water.

Step 3: Steam.

After exfoliating, open up the pores with a mild steam so that the mask can really penetrate the skin.

Fill a pot with a few inches of water and a half teaspoon turmeric powder. Bring to a simmer and turn off the heat. Place the pot on a table in front of you. Tie your hair back, lean over the pot, and drape a towel over your head and face to make a mini-sauna. Make sure you’re not too close to the water; it shouldn’t burn.

Steam for up to five minutes. Steam only very briefly if your skin is inflamed.

Wait a minute or two for your skin to cool before applying the mask.

Step 4: The Mask.

Turmeric is the star ingredient of this facial but yogurt and honey are also healing agents.

Yogurt is nutrient-rich and moisturizers while honey has natural anti-bacterial properties and brings balance to oily skin. The flour helps to reduce staining. You can adjust the ingredients according to your skin type.

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp flour (rice flour for pimple-prone and oily skin, or almond or oatmeal flour for normal and dry skin)

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Julie Bernier

Julie Bernier teaches women the art of self-care so that they feel their healthiest and happiest in their own unique bodies. This holistic approach to individualized wellness is rooted in the ancient Indian knowledge of ayurveda: a complete medical science and way of life which explains that our wellbeing blossoms when we align ourselves with nature. Julie is a registered ayurvedic practitioner with the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, a Certified Massage Therapist, and a classical hatha yoga teacher. She studied each of these modalities in the US and straight from their source in India. Connect with Julie at trueayurveda.com and check out her upcoming events in LA: ayurvedic cooking basics and ayurvedic skin care.

It does stain clothes, you're right! I like to throw on a junky tshirt when I make this mask, great tip. But, as many people fear, it won't stain your face. I have fair skin and do this at night so that I'm not still yellowish in the morning, but my darker-skinned friends don't have to worry at all!

Acne can be difficult to deal with no matter how old you are, but it can be especially embarrassing when it happens to adults. You probably figured that the acne would dissipate as you became an adult and that's why, after puberty, the red marks and bumps can be so embarrassing. Fortunately, there are more than enough home remedies for acne, and we will talk about some of them in this answer.

There are lots of causes for adult acne, but some of them are easier to treat than others. Some women who suffer from adult acne do so because they are having a bad reaction to the chemicals contained in their cosmetics and switching brands can help them out a lot.

Turmeric is truly magic.I love the yellow tinge it creates on my face.It diffuses some of the redness. I just looks like a have a skincare cream on my face while temporarily hiding the fact I have tons of red marks.Ha!

I have a lot of wrinkles, did you think it might help if I use this turmeric mask because I am very desperate and my self esteem is very low and I am 56 years old but looks like 69 years. Please let me know I don't have internet access only facebook. Alta Kruger.